Writing "you" could show Hardy felt his wife was somewhat responsible for her own demise. ... However a certain amount of foreshadowing is seen in the fourth stanza. ... It could also show that Hardy himself doesn't know what he wants to write as he is seemingly just writing in a hope of quelling his grief. ...
"Ballad of Birmingham": A Poetic Analysis Poetry is a form of expression, a way of invoking feelings from a reader as well as expressing one's own. Dudley Randall's, "Ballad of Birmingham" is an ironic poem about a great tragedy in Birmingham, Alabama where a small girl dies as a result of a b...